Exam 12: Nutritional Assessment

The nurse is assessing a patient who is obese for signs of metabolic syndrome.This condition is diagnosed when three or more certain risk factors are present.Which of these assessment findings are risk factors for metabolic syndrome? (Select all that apply.)

During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what medications he or she is taking?

The nurse is assessing a 29-year-old woman and records her weight as 70 kg and height as 1.6 m.The nurse calculates the body mass index (BMI) and identifies the patient as being:

The nurse is reviewing a 42-year-old female patient's laboratory tests as part of a nutritional assessment.Which of the results indicate that the patient might have anemia?

A mother and her 13-year-old daughter express concern related to the daughter's recent weight gain and her increase in appetite.Which of these statements represents information the nurse should discuss with them?

The nurse is providing nutrition information to the mother of a 1-year-old child.Which of these statements represents accurate information for this age group?

The nurse is obtaining the objective data for the nutritional assessment.Which of the following would the nurse measure as common anthropometric elements?

The nurse is providing care for a 68-year-old woman who is complaining of constipation.What concern exists regarding her nutritional status?

In teaching a patient how to determine best weight for the patient's height, the nurse includes instructions to obtain measurements of:

A patient is asked to indicate on a form how many times he eats a specific food.Which method is the nurse using to assess nutritional intake?

When providing patient education on nutrition the nurse explains optimal nutritional status as:

A 50-year-old woman with elevated total cholesterol and triglyceride levels is visiting the clinic to discuss the laboratory results.The nurse will include patient education on:

The nurse is assessing the body weight as a percentage of ideal body weight in an adolescent patient who was admitted for suspected anorexia nervosa.The patient's usual weight has been around 125 pounds, but today she weighs 98 pounds.The nurse calculates the patient's ideal body weight and concludes that the patient is:

The nurse is meeting a patient who has no history of nutrition-related problems for the first clinic visit.The initial nutritional screening should include which activity?

The nurse recognizes which of these persons as being at risk for undernutrition? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is reviewing the nutritional assessment of an 82-year-old patient.Which of these factors will most likely affect the nutritional status of an older adult?

After completing a diet assessment on a 30-year-old woman, the nurse suspects that she may be deficient in iron.The nurse can verify by using laboratory values of:

The nurse is reviewing a patient's laboratory tests.Which of the following are indicators of nutritional status? (Select all that apply.)